Lace fabric and method of making same.



J. WATBRFIELD. LACE FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME. APPLIGATION FILED $3212, 1913.

1,1 10,845, Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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ATTORNEY.

J. WATERPIELD.

LACE FA-BRIG AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1911.

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ATTORNEY.

J. WATERPiELD.

LAGE FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1913.

1 l 1 0,845, Patented Sept. 15, 19144.

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ATTORNEY.

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JAMES WATERFIELD, 0F PHILADELPHI EA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS SIGNOR TO QUAKER LACE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

LACE FABRIC AND METHOD or MAKING saivin.

Application filedSeptemner 2, 1913. Serial No. 787,702. 7

fl '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES VVATERFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lin- .rovements in Lace Fabrics and Methods of Making Same, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to lace fabrics, suolr as lace curtains, wherein a two-ply border, made by folding over the edge on itself, imitation of a hemstitched border, is produced along one or more of its edges, and a supplemental lace edge afterward attached thereto by sewing.

The object of my invention is to make such a two-ply bordered curtain in imitation of a hemstitched edge fabric, but with an integral lace edge, andto produce it from an initially single ply fabric having the features of construction hereinafter described, by a folding over and stitching method, whereby there is produced on the finished curtain an edge commonly called a lace edge which is integral with the border proper and is formed by the fold in the production of the two-ply border.

To these ends my invention consists essentially in the production primarily of a blank, so-called, wherein the curtain border is composed of two integrally connected and reversely joined lace-forming portions which are identical and which, when folded one on the other and in register, and held'by a line of stitching produce the integral lace edge desired; and in one embodiment of my invention such duplicated lace-forming portions constitute, in the blank, a border which is initially intermediate and parallel with a pair of border portions each composed. of the usual curtain netting and which are utilized in forming the two-ply edge hence producing an additional finish and effect.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating. my invention, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan view of a blank so-called, from which the finished product is produced by my method and means; Fig. 2 is a like view of the finished curtain produced from such a blank; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 a like section on line 4 4 of same Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modified form of the invention, Fig. 6 being Specification'of Letters Patent.

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a plan view of. the' finished article made from the blank shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now to said drawings, the blank so-called shown in Fig. 1 consists of the body portion of the curtain, indicated at 1, 1', which may be of any usual character and design surrounded by the narrow solid material indicated at 2, 2. The remainder of said blank involves the novel features and comprises essentially the lace. forming strip or portion composed of the duplicated identical pa i'ts 3 and 3, which together are to form, by the folding-over hereinafter described. the integral lace edge 6, 6 (see Fig.

2) of the finished product; and in any em' over on the line of union, indicated by the dotted line bb, in Fig. 1, they shall be in -register and thus produce not only a lace edge but a serrated edge, both effects being due to the series of alining open work meshes 3, at regular intervals between smaller openings 4 of like character. The

ultimate two-ply border, in imitation, of a hemstitched border and with integral lace edge may consist alone of this folded over duplex strip or portion 3, 3, as shown in the modification Figs. 5 and 6 but I prefer to add a supplemental border of netting indicated at 5 in Fig. 2, and this is produced in the blank by arranging the duplex laceforming strip 3, 3, between two identical borders of netting, indicated at 8, 8, in Fig. 1 at both the bottom and one side of the curt*ain,with narrow edges 7, 7, of solid or selvage material, so that when the border, as a whole, is folded over, the like elements will be in register.

In producing the finished fabric, shown in Figs. 2 and 6 from the blank shown in Fig. l and the blank shown in Fig. 5, respectively, the corner of the latter is cut away on the dotted line aa of said Fig. 1 and of Fig. -5, so that the corner may be suitably mitered. If then the outer net ting supplemental border 8 is folded over on the like inner border 8, the selvage edge 7 will overlap the curtain body selvage or solid material edge 2 and a line of stitching indicated at 9., 9, is then applied along and through said selvage edges t'o fixedly secure the parts together, and anaddition'al line or edges overlap each other throughout the finished curtain. This folding over described will obviously bring one of the supplemental netting borders 8 o ver the other one, and form the two ply border indicated at 5 in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 6 and in like manner produce the two-ply lace edge, indicated at 6 in said Fig. 2 and in Fig. 6, integral with thesupplemental netting border 5 or with the curtain body 1 if as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 said netting border be omitted. Where the blank is constructed as shown, that is to say with the two-ply borderforming and lace-forming edge elements along the basal edge as well as along one long side of the curtain, the folding over in the manner described will give a threeply thickness at the mitered corner 10, but not elsewhere.

- The advantages resulting from producing alace-edged two-ply bordered curtain or .the like in the manner described are, in addition to decreased cost, the integral character of the lace edge and durability and attractiveness of the resultant finished fabric.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I 1 The method described of producing a two-ply bordered curtain with integral lace edge, which consists in first making a single ply blank wherein a'border portion is provided consisting of duplicated and reversely arranged formation of the lace edge, then bringing all of said duplicated elements into register with each other by a folding of one on the other, and finally applying a line of stitching to secure them together.

2. The method described of producing a twoply bordered curtain with integral lace edge which consists first making a singleply blank with a border portion consisting of a duplicated and reversely arranged formation of the lace edge interposed between and in parallelism with duplicated like courses of netting, each of said courses having a selvage edge; then bringing all of said duplicated elements into register by a folding of one on the other, and finally applying lines of stitching to secure. them together along said selvage edges.

3. An article of manufacture which consists of a single ply curtain body having a two ply border formed by duplicated and reversely arranged lace portions, superimposed one on the other, all in register, secured together by stitching and forming thereby a lace edge integral with said border.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature this 31st day of July A. D. 1913.

4 JAMES WATERFIELD.

; Witnesses:

A. J. SNYDER, A. M. BIDDLE. 

